Efficient read-restricted monotone CNF/DNF dualization by learning with membership queries

We consider exact learning monotone CNF formulas in which each variable appears at most some constant k times (``read-k'' monotone CNF). Let f: {0,1}^n ----->{0,1} be expressible as a read-k monotone CNF formula for some natural number k. We give an incremental output polynomial time al...

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Autores: Pitt, L., Mishra, N., Domingo Soriano, Carlos
Tipo de documento: relatório científico
Data de publicação:1998
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/84536
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/84536
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:CFN
DNF
Learning monotone
Membership queries
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Informàtica teòrica
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Resumo:We consider exact learning monotone CNF formulas in which each variable appears at most some constant k times (``read-k'' monotone CNF). Let f: {0,1}^n ----->{0,1} be expressible as a read-k monotone CNF formula for some natural number k. We give an incremental output polynomial time algorithm for exact learning both the read-k CNF and (not necessarily read restricted) DNF descriptions of f. The algorithm's only method of obtaining information about f is through membership queries, i.e., by inquiring about the value f(x) for points x in {0,1}^n. The algorithm yields an incremental polynomial output time solution to the bounded degree hypergraph transversal problem, and the problem of (read-k) monotone CNF/DNF dualization, which remain open problems of importance in the unrestricted case.